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. >> reporter: a little irony on the are you better off argument, brian, jimmy carter, the man ronald reagan defeated using that very question, he addresses the convention tonight by videotape. also of note, there will be a tribute to the last person to defeat mitt romney in a general election, the late ted kennedy. brian? >> chuck todd starting us off from the floor. which brings us to andrea mitchell who will have one of the best seats in the house, just off the podium here, with a preview of the first lady's appearancen to the, andrea? >> reporter: good evening, brian. michelle obama is a political superstar, much more popular than her husband. once a reluctant campaigner, now she's a woman with a mission. michelle obama is now a political pro and her husband's best campaigner. hardly needing to practice with the teleprompters or getting a feel for the stage. aids say she will try to project empathy toward struggling middle class families and motivate women voters. >> this election ladies is a choice about supporting women and families in this country. >> reporter: the president sa

i have not seen a morphicless foreign policy since president carter. >> brian: i tell you what, he seems defense firms are going to be looking at a big -- the defense military complex looking at big-time down sizing. how many layoffs are we looking at, especially if sequestration is allowed to go through this year? >> sequestration was a provision put in an attempt to get an agreement about reducing the deficit. it was a mistake and we should acknowledge that. now we are staring at loss of a million jobs. we're look at the loss of nearly a trillion dollars in income. we are looking at a devastating impact on our economy and again, the president of the united states has shown no leadership. he should be calling us together. we should be sitting down and by the way, the effects of this, quote, sequestration, according to his own secretary of defense, would be devastating to our national security. that's what the uniformed leaders have said as well. the president is sitting idly by watching as this train wreck approaches. it's a total lack of leadership, or concern, lack of concern for our

brian todd. >> randi, a grandson of former president jimmy carter was instrumental of getting this videotape outf obscurity into a media frenzy. he didn't actually make the videotape. that was done four months ago in a moment mitt romney likely wishes he had back. it starts with a videotape of mitt romney speaking last may at a fund-raiser attended by wealthy donors inside a private home in florida. he's asked how he's going to convince voters that they need to take care of themselves instead of relying on the government. unguarded romney tells the group nearly half the electorate will vote for president obama no matter what. >> there are 47% who are with him, who are dependent on government, who believe they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they're entitled to health care, to food, to housing. >> reporter: the video, showing romney seemingly callous and out of touch has blown up after being posted online on monday money romney called a news conference. >> it's not elegantly stated. i'm sure could i state it more clearly in a more e

. >> brian: charles krauthammer used to work with jimmy carter. documents revealing the federal government is quickly moving to settle the lawsuit alleging discrimination retaliation and lewd conduct at the immigration and customs enforcement agency. the head of the ice's new york office, sued janet napolitano, claiming he was passed over for jobs that went to women. and he was punished for complaining. he also says the former ice chief of staff, suzanne barr, encouraged frat house culture and made lewd comments to employees. she resigned last weekend. >> steve: a california couple claiming american airlines would not let their son board a flight because he has down's syndrome. robert and joan sander horse paid an extra $625 to fly first class from new jersey with their 16-year-old son. before they could board, they say an airline employee pulled them aside and told them the pilot thought their son was a flight risk and didn't want him near the cockpit. american airlines supporting the decision, claiming the teen-ager was misbehaving at the gate,

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carter. >> steve: that's right. >> brian: he's get to go look a lot like him. >> gretchen: it was described. the president himself, interestingly enough, has not used the word, terror. >> oh, my goodness. >> gretchen: is it a deliberate strategy to have it both ways? >> of course it is. it's also a president who has been you've missile insist about terrorism from the very beginning. he said we're not going to say war on terror anymore. except he forgot to tell them they're at war with us. so we get caught by surprise. this is a major scandal. the only reason it isn't played as a major scandal the president has three quarters of the media in the tank. it's a disgrace. it should be a scandal for the washington times, nbc news, cbs news, why the hell aren't they covering it? u.n. ambassador went on television, i went on with her on cnn. i've never heard an ambassador say anything so stupid as this was a spontaneous attack. what, are you crazy? spontaneous attack? >> brian: i'll finish the sentence. spontaneous reaction as a consequence of the video, people gathered outside the embassy and then

. >> brian: maybe he overcorrected from the carter years. in reacting to the memos that went forward from the embassy while the riots were taking place, do you have a problem with that? >> i don't have any problem with romney's initial reaction to the memo. i think that the news conference the next day when he continued to harp on the memo when we found out that four americans had been killed in libya and benghazi, including the ambassador, probably, if he had that to do over again, might reconsider that. >> gretchen: wait. he would redo the press conference? >> if i may, but having said that, if there is a legitimate question to be argued about the president's foreign policy, and i think that's something that he should -- it's a debate we should have. >> gretchen: wait a minute. >> it shouldn't just be about the economy and jobs. >> gretchen: i want to be sure i'm clear on what you're saying. mitt romney should have a do over on the press conference or the reporters asking the same question six times? >> both. but he held the news conferenc

brian todd. >> reporter: randi, a grandson of former president jimmy carter was instrumental in getting this videotapeout of obscurity and into a media frenzy. carter's grandson didn't actually make the videotape. that done four months ago in a moment mitt romney likely wishes he has to have back. it starts with a videotape of mitt romney speaking last may at a fund-raiser attended by wealthy donors inside a private home in florida. he's asked how he's going to convince voters that they need to take care of themselves instead of relying on the government. unguarded, romney tells the group nearly half the electorate will vote for president obama no matter what. >> 47% with him, who are dependent on government works believe that they are victims works believe the government has a responsibility to pay for them works believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing. >> reporter: video, showing romney seemingly callous and out of touch has blown up after being posted online on monday by "mother jones," a liberal magazine along with an article by reporter david corn. romney quickly called

brian todd. >> reporter: randi, a grandson of former president jimmy carter was instrumental in getting this videotapeout of obscurity and into a media frenzy. carter's grandson didn't actually make the videotape. that done four months ago in a moment mitt romney likely wishes he has to have back. it starts with a videotape of mitt romney speaking last may at a fund-raiser attended by wealthy donors inside a private home in florida. he's asked how he's going to convince voters that they need to take care of themselves instead of relying on the government. unguarded, romney tells the group nearly half the electorate will vote for president obama no matter what. >> 47% with him, who are dependent on government works believe that they are victims works believe the government has a responsibility to pay for them works believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing. >> reporter: video, showing romney seemingly callous and out of touch has blown up after being posted online on monday by "mother jones," a liberal magazine along with an article by reporter david corn. romney quickly called

brian kilmeade to see what's coming up on "fox & friends". >> in 11 minutes we are talking about mitt romney caught on tape about comments. what jimmy carterad to do with it. the administration is sticking to the story attacks were spontaneous. nobody else believes in that. donald rumsfeld will be here with his opinion on the up risings. wade simmons the cia guy with a grand n-- brand new book and laura ingram. i am wearing this. find out what gretchen is wearing. hopefully not the same thing. it will throw everybody off. s >> a federal program to for the anthrax attack is running 6 years late. it is also $3.7 billion over projected costs. documents obtained by government accountability office auditors shows that analysts did not fully explore costs and counted on technology that doesn't even exist. >>> and bad weather causes another delay for the final flight of space shuttle endeavor. the shuttle was scheduled to ride on the back of a 747 to california yesterday and has been postponed until today. nasa says it won't take off until tomorrow. >> i would love to see that on the back of a 747. >> research shows the government may have spent

. >> brian: are you better off now than four years ago? queue paul ryan? >> simply put, the jimmy carterre live to weigh in. >> steve: meanwhile, it's a bird, it's a plane. it's brian kilmeade. >> pull down! keep them down there! there you go! keep pulling down. >> steve: look, he's water boarding himself. >> brian: i think so. >> steve: "fox & friends" hour two live from charlotte starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. live from charlotte, north carolina, we are at the nascar hall of fame and you are listening to the u.n. c. charlotte 49ers and the gold dusters dance team. and of course, norm the niner. guys, i wore green in honor of unc charlotte today. my favorite part of the band and the dancers out there, the guy on the drum set. the drums are green. did you check that out? >> steve: it's hard to be the drummer with a set like that in the marching band. >> brian: you don't travel light. >> steve: brian, we saw a snippet of what you got in store. what are you doing tonight about 9:00 o'clock. >> brian: what am i doing tonight about 9:00 p.m.? why do you

brian? >> it turns out former grandson of jimmy carter was responsible for getting this out.hat was done four months ago in a moment mitt romney likely wishes he had back. it starts with a videotape of mitt romney speaking last may at a fundraiser attended by wealthy donors inside a private home in florida. he's asked how he's going to convince voters that they need to take care of themselves instead of relying on the government. unguarded, romney tells the group nearly half the electorate will vote for president obama no matter what. >> 47% who are with him, who dependent upon government very much, who believe they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they're entitled to health care, to food, to housing -- >> reporter: the video showing romney seemingly callous and out of touch has blown up after being posted online monday by mother jones, a liberal magazine. romney quickly called a news conference defending the message saying the election is a choice between big government and personal responsibility. he also said t

brian shactman. >>> prices down 1.5% despite an inexpressi . they found a floor but have they found a ceiling? let's take a look at "talking numbers" on home builders. carterand on the fundamental side of the story, rbc capital markets. thank you for joining us. robert, let me start with you. what did we learn from the earnings out of this home builders, lenar this morning? >> the recovery is occurring at a faster pace than most investors think. what's more exciting is they posted 44% order growth. so, these guys are going to create a tremendous backlog. we think numbers across the street are going to go up in response to what we learned today. this is an extremely strong sprint. >> still coming off a low base, obviously, carter. what do the charts look like? >> what you started with, the fact it's down and k.b. as well, that's a testament to how price leads the fact. these stocks have tripled off the low in anticipation of this very good news we've now seen. this is the home building index. right now we're 35% above the 100-day moving average. that's a rare circumstance. that's only happened seven, eight times in the last 20 years. the next chart shows th

carter was questioned about the hostage crisis. so why all of a sudden people upset about mitt romney? >> it's a great question, brian. some of these journalists. they should be the ones on the podium getting these questions and coordinate them and put them on the spot. but the double standard, they're tripling and quadrupling down on and i think we'll see this all the way through november. just to underscore something that i said a couple of weeks ago, these are the same people who are going to be running the debates in just a couple of weeks. i really wish there were more citizen outrage at the way these things were coordinated. >> steve: michelle, clearly romney's statement was devastating to the president of the united states where he said, you know, you can't have the embassy sending out these apology notes because it was devastating to obama because now the main stream media is screaming bloody murder. >> yeah, that's right. and just to take this more bigger picture, you've got this petty, partisan, sniping left dog media and they cannot see the bigger picture here. and provide the proper context in reporting on